Having a sense of responsibility and making our intentions and actions pure are an essential point that all of us should pay attention to. I myself need to pay attention to this point more than you, and all of you need to pay attention to it on the basis of your responsibilities. If you pay attention to this point, all the problems will be resolved and all the paths will be opened up in front of us. If we pay attention to this point, we will benefit from divine blessings and assistance, a fact which has been pointed out in the ayahs that were recited at the beginning of this meeting. “O you who believe, if you are careful of (your duty to) Allah, He will grant you a distinction and do away with your evils and forgive you.” [The Holy Quran, 8: 29] If we have a sense of responsibility and make our intentions and actions pure, the illusion of being weak and helpless against the enemy will disappear.

Reliance on God and developing a relationship with Him – which is the result of pure intentions – will solve all the problems. This was how the Revolution achieved victory. If our magnanimous Imam (r.a.), who was a leader in the real sense of the word, had not relied on God and did not enjoy this purity, the Revolution would have never achieved victory. If the people who stepped into the arena and the outstanding personalities who encouraged them to do so had not worked for the sake of God and with pure intentions, they could not have moved things forward. The same is true of the Sacred Defense Era. It was pointed out that many of you were present in the Sacred Defense. Those of you who were present know what happened. This is the main secret: we should try to fulfill our obligation and satisfy God.

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